🇫🇷 Frenchman Living in Moscow: Russian Wife, Russian Car, Russian Clothes, Russian Curse Words

🇫🇷 Gregory Lesterlin possesses a French passport but his soul is 100% Russian 🇷🇺 He left France when he was 24 years old, after university, he spent 3 years in Australia, and then came to Russia for holidays with a 1-month tourist visa and... he’s still here! 🌟 He became a real estate investor and interior designer, met a beautiful Russian lady Olga, started a family ❤️ bought a dacha (a typical Russian countryside house) 🏡 acquired a Russian car UAZ Hunter, named it ’Tintin,’ and joined a team of off-road UAZ weekend enthusiasts 🚙 “We face fewer challenges by being here rather than Europe, in terms of prices,“ he says. Greg did not only assert this but also takes you on a journey into the reality of life in present-day Russia 🇷🇺 He went on to introduce us to Russian designers, even praising Russian bureaucracy 😱 which Greg finds to be very effective, and he explained why. 💥Following the commencement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on February 23, French relatives advised Greg and Olga to leave Russia and move to France, but they opted to remain in Russia. Olga’s friends offered help by sending food 🍞 messaging, ’We know there’s no food in Russia, shelves are empty, you’re starving.’ Greg and Olga just laughed at that responded saying; ’Nothing has changed for us, and sanctions have had no impact at all.’ Check out this new, vibrant, and uplifting story filled with joy. If you’ve ever wondered about what moving to Russia and experiencing life there is like, watch this story for loads of motivation! 😍 BTW, follow Greg & Olga on Instagram: @turnthatglobe Join the conversation by leaving your thoughts in the comments below 👇 and don’t forget to subscribe 🔔 to ’Russian Code’ for more gripping stories! 00:00 - Meet Gregory Lesterlin 🇫🇷 01:27 - Favorite places in Moscow 01:58 - France - Australia - Russia 02:30 - Why Russia? 🇷🇺 02:58 - What does he do for a living? 04:49 - Two cool things about Russia 05:23 - Off-road weekend 06:23 - But why a Russian car? 07:56 - Trying ’Pate en croute’ 08:45 - Russian dacha (countryside house) 09:21 - Gregory’s Russian wife Olga 09:50 - How did Gregory & Olga meet? 11:58 - ’Moscow never sleeps!’ 12:45 - Russia-Ukraine conflict: no food?! 13:52 - Sanctions? 14:10 - Heyday of Russian designers 15:12 - Most annoying things about Russia? 15:35 - ’Bureaucracy is... better here than in France!’ 16:53 - Barber Jeff: French expat in Russia 17:36 - Soviet flat: Stalin’s era & Lenin’s portrait 20:00 - Sanctions: how to bring money to Russia? 20:39 - Greg’s Instagram 21:27 - Make Russia Great Again! 22:22 - What is Russian off-road weekend? 24:08 - Russian friends talk about Greg 24:56 - No Russian passport yet? 25:23 - Grisha or Gregory? 26:08 - Family recipe: Samogon! 26:49 - Greg’s dream & motto
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